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WWUS85 KGJT 232154
SPSGJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
354 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
COZ020-021-UTZ022-028-232230-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER CO-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER CO-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS UT-
SOUTHEAST UTAH UT-
354 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DOLORES AND EAST
CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM MDT...
AT 354 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MONTICELLO, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND
OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO, EASTLAND, AND UCOLO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 191 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 74.
U.S. HIGHWAY 491 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 69.
U.S. HIGHWAY 491 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 17.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3772 10931 3789 10939 3804 10904 3778 10892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 249DEG 17KT 3783 10927
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MDA
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